Kristina Saunders

Mis(sing)information: How contraceptive users bridge the gap between medicalised and experiential knowledge - Everyday Society - The British Sociological Association Concerns are growing over social media information emphasising negative experiences of hormonal contraception. Labelled as misinformation, the volume and accessibility of this content that is said to ...

Concerns are growing that social media emphasises negative experiences of hormonal contraception – but using social media does not necessarily mean a rejection of medical information, say @kristina-s.bsky.social and Lily Roberts @uofgsociology.bsky.social‬ tinyurl.com/mr2v8aa3

Thanks Sarah!

The US has us asking: where's Scotland’s reproductive health agenda? The hot-button issue in the 2024 Presidential election remains sexual and reproductive health, specifically abortion rights. But what about Scotland?

In October, I wrote about how Trump’s potential presidency could impact reproductive rights in Scotland.

Never did I think it would be as explicit as the US veep spouting fear mongering, nonsensical lies about Scotland’s buffer zones.

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

‼️new paper klaxon‼️ An absolutely brilliant thread on this paper & the importance of thinking about what we cede for short-term ‘feminist’ wins- esp. poignant in this particular political moment. It’s also a GREAT thread on persevering through academic bullshittery. Read the thread, read the paper 👇🏾

I appreciate you replying @leahhazard.bsky.social, I'm really sorry you had those experiences

‘Barbaric’: Scottish contraceptive coil users deserve better For those who rely on the coil as a long-acting reversible (LARC) form of contraception, what should be a straightforward procedure can instead…

"It was a bit barbaric"

Following a Parliamentary report on the poor state of healthcare in the UK @kristina-s.bsky.social argues that Scottish contraceptive coil users deserve better in The Herald Scotland

www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2487...

Freedom to Run Film Screening Freedom to Run is a documentary about movement in Palestine and is a film based response to PhD research on Israel and Palestine.

I’m going to use my first post on Bluesky to share an event happening on 26th February in Glasgow, a screening of my film @freedomtorunfilm.bsky.social a film based response to the issues raised by my PhD research. Free but ticketed event. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/freedom-to...

BUILD YOUR OWN POWER

Look at this incredible gig we are running in Glasgow for the Transfem Electrolysis Project! We are using it to help fund affordable community healthcare providers. Tickets here: wegottickets.com/event/645050/

Honoured to have a co-authored article (with the brilliant David Abbott & Ned Coleman-Fountain) in this issue on gender & sexuality in personal assistance/self led social care. Content warning for homophobia transphobia & abuse in the text. Read here bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

CRCC to host the symposium ‘Reactionary politics, women, and popular culture’ - Centre for Research in Communication and Culture Photo by Marisa Howenstine

'Reactionary politics, women, and popular culture '
One-day symposium 21st May 2025 @lborouniversity.bsky.social

Keynote: Professor Angela McRobbie (Goldsmiths): ‘Top Girls No More? Gender After Neoliberalism and the New Far Right'

Deadline for abstracts 22 January shorturl.at/EH6e5

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📢Launched today: The Gender Pain Gap consultation on Pain in Sexual & Reproductive Health Procedures (UK).

Aim: To understand experiences, priorities & views of people with experience of painful procedures.

openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Open to 31 Jan. Please share widely!

The genocide in Palestine did not start in 2023, and it will not end with a ceasefire in an apartheid settler colony. Still, I hope it will save some lives.

The fight for true liberation continues — Palestine will be free 🇵🇸

Newest issue of @cphjournal.bsky.social out today - link below. If you think academic publishing needs to change & you work on public health, do consider publishing in, & otherwise supporting, this journal as they forge a new path, away from commercial publishers. It can't be easy but amazing to see

UK low- to middle-income families far poorer than OECD counterparts – study Britons 39% worse off than Dutch equivalent due to housing costs 44% higher than western European average

UK low- to middle-income families far poorer than OECD counterparts – study
Britons 39% worse off than Dutch equivalent due to housing costs 44% higher than western European average

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Mediating the Cost-of-Living Crisis: The Meaning of a ‘Keyphrase’ in UK Contemporary Cultural Discourse - Isaac Hoff, Catherine Happer, 2025 In this article, we draw on Raymond Williams’ notion of ‘keywords’ and Neil Davidson’s conceptualisation of ‘crisis neoliberalism’ to understand how the ‘cost-o...

New article from Isaac Hoff & I exploring the cost of living crisis (COLC) as an example of a media 'keyphrase' which obscures the longer term, systematic problems which produce the crisis, and which promotes short-term ineffectual solutions from politicians. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

If you're thinking more about what the criminalization of abortion and pregnancy is going to look like moving forward, we invite you to check out this resource and start making the connections between the criminalization of reproductive, sexual and gender-based care and policing and criminalization.

A Warm Welcome awaits at Glasgow Women’s Library | Glasgow Women's Library People who visit GWL regularly describe us as warm, welcoming and friendly. Everyone who visits is greeted by one of our staff team when they first come into GWL – it’s how we roll. Now…

As the temperatures plummet, we'd like to remind you that you don’t need to have a reason to come to GWL to spend time & keep warm – just come in, make yourself comfortable & let staff know if you need any help. We may not be able to meet all your needs but here’s what we can offer:

Our article on pain in medication abortion is currently free to read in #BMJSRH. We look at the issues that arise when pain is worse than expected, and the confusion that can come from comparisons with 'period pain'.

srh.bmj.com/content/51/1...

Sociology in the Times of Genocide: call for expressions of interest for a forthcoming Special Section of The Sociological Review journal. Editors: @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social and Karis Campion.

Submission deadline is 13 January. buff.ly/4izyRjO

Keffiyeh artwork: buff.ly/41uSBir

Massive thanks to the participants for sharing their experiences. This is just a snapshot of their stories with the full report coming soon! Huge thanks also to @irispase.bsky.social for editing the piece with care 💞 Follow @pillowtalkscot.bsky.social to find out more about their amazing work 2/2

‘It almost felt a bit barbaric’: Scottish contraceptive coil users speak out about pain How much pain is ‘normal’ during a coil fitting? In Scotland, patients share their experiences of dismissed suffering and demand better from reproductive healthcare

Hi Bluesky! I wrote for @pillowtalkscot.bsky.social on the pain experienced during coil (IUD) fittings, removal and use, and the changes to reproductive healthcare contraceptive users in Scotland would like to see 1/2 pillowtalkscotland.substack.com/p/contracept...

The Open University

The report on our first year of the SRJ Scotland project - including the collaborative workshop in Glasgow in May - is now available here:

oro.open.ac.uk/101754/

We v much hope this is the start of a wider conversation through 2025 and beyond.

@ingridkyoung.bsky.social @julier282.bsky.social

What angers me about much of the reporting is it's framed as "choosing to have a hysterectomy" - wtaf?
more reporting from India:
Purnima Sah, BehanBox (2022): shorturl.at/9AcSu
Patralekha Chatterjee, the Lacent (2019): shorturl.at/inhVo
Devyani Nighoskar, Al Jazeera (2019): shorturl.at/U8TFb 1/

Comma's Basma Ghalayini joins Sami Hermez at Edinburgh's #RadicalBookFair, seeking to untangle how Palestinian narratives are framed, rejected or passed on in the world.

🗓️Nov 21 (7:30-8:30pm)
🎫https://lighthousebookshop.com/events/to-tell-our-stories-the-journeys-of-palestinian-narrative-rbf-2024

‘Why Is the Chubby Guy Running?’: Trans Pregnancy, Fatness, and Cultural Intelligibility Since the late 2000s trans pregnancy has received increasing public and academic attention, and stories of the ‘pregnant man’ have become a media staple. Existing research has critiqued such spectacu...

New peer-reviewed article from the Trans Pregnancy Project, free to read, download, and share!

We look at how men and non-binary individuals carrying a baby often seem to be perceived as fat rather than pregnant, and explore what this means for the intelligibility of gendered bodies.